The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
SENATOR SHERMAN TALKS.
President Cleveland and Pensions
Battle Flags-Outrages In
the South.
New York special

Senator john Sherman, of Ohio, was
seated in a large, cool room at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel when he received
a Mail and Express reporter. He was
attired in light Scotch tweed suit and
appeared to be in excellent health and
spirits. His business in the city was
to attend to some private business, and
he will depart for home this evening.
In August he intends to take long
trip West on the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road.
when the government refuses to
care for and forgets the soldiers that
saved the Union, then it ought to be
wiped out" exclaimed the Senator dur
ing the course of conversation, in re-
ply to a question about the pensions
vetoed last session of Congress.
He said this about President Cleve-
lands order to send the flags back:
well, yes, Ohio was rather decided
against such move. Whether it will
hurt Mr.. Cleveland as q candidate l do
not know. The Democrats do not care
about the flags, as they did not care
about taking them so much during the
war. Mr.. Cleveland, l think will be
the natural candidate of the Demo
cratic party, and it seems to be the
general impression that he will be
nominated again. Governor Hill is not
known. He is known as New York
politician, of course, but 1 mean as a
candidate for the Presidency"
"You have been attacked by the
Democrats on account of your speeches
at Nashville and Springfield ?"
Eyes; but there are no inconsistencies
in the speeches. 1 simply took differ
emit subjects and different lines of
thought. In order that might answer
my opponents 1 had both speeches
printed. If any Inconsistencies can be
pointed out / should like to see them.
At Nashville urged the people to vote
the Republican ticket and argued in
favor of protection. In Springfield
showed how a large portion of the
Ny idea is to get Congress to regulate
Congressional elections South, to have
them conducted under the immediate
supervision of Federal inspectors. In
stead of having polling places twenty
miles apart, l would have them six
miles only, in order that the voters
could get there in time to cast their
ballots. How is ii done now? Are the
negroes permitted to vote? Some of
them; but what good does it do when
these votes are not counted? Twenty
or thirty colored voters stand in line at
the polling place. A very long time is
consumed in finding single name, and
when it is found the Democratic Com
missioners let the voter put in a ballot,
say for Governor, in a box set apart for
the Justice of the Peace. The result
is the entire ballot is thrown out. Why,
the Democrats South do not deny these
things, but concede that it is done.
They say that the whites intend to re-
main in the ascendency and therefore
they control the elections. l think it
shameful that two thirds of this gov
eminent should be represented by a
country where there is no freedom of
the ballot box"
"How about Congress?"
"The South rules in Congress, and
the Northern politicians are perfectly
subservient to that two-thirds majority.
AS to State laws in regard to elections,
/ think New York has the best of any.
The Democrats do nothing in Congress
except to clog the wheels of legislation.
They are divided and can never agree
upon any plan to reduce the tariff or
the surplus. They defeated the Re-
publicans mainly because of their cry
that the surplus would be reduced, and
now after three years what have they
done toward it? The Democrats will
never reduce it, because they can never
agree on anything of that nature, hence
the country at large must suffer. See
the condition of the country to-day.
When was secretary of the Treasury
wheat sold az Sl.2O per bushel, and
now it is down to so cents. Look al
the laborers who are not paid for their
labor. What have the Democrats done
for the laborers? Nothing. Not one
single measure have they passed foi
their relief. and now great many la
borers will go to the polls and vote the
Democratic ticket. The Democratic
party has no principles, no consistency
it only exists as n party to get Offices
Without the incentive OF Office the
Democrats could not hold together.
think the Republican party will win il
1888. AS to Ohio's State election Gov
Foraker will be renominated and re-
elected Governor this fall